New Brunswick Craft Brewers Association
Beer Recipes and Food => All Grain => 14 - India Pale Ale (IPA) => Topic started by: robcoombs on November 13, 2014, 09:13:45 PM
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Here's the recipe for the IIPA I brought to the last meeting.
Recipe: Spring Point
Brewer: Rob
Asst Brewer:
Style: Imperial IPA
TYPE: All Grain
Recipe Specifications
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Boil Size: 7.76 gal
Post Boil Volume: 6.76 gal
Batch Size (fermenter): 6.00 gal
Bottling Volume: 5.25 gal
Estimated OG: 1.070 SG
Estimated Color: 5.4 SRM
Estimated IBU: 127.2 IBUs
Brewhouse Efficiency: 72.00 %
Est Mash Efficiency: 78.5 %
Boil Time: 60 Minutes
Ingredients:
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Amt Name Type # %/IBU
10 lbs Pilsner (2 Row) Bel (2.0 SRM) Grain 1 65.6 %
4 lbs Pale Malt, Maris Otter (3.0 SRM) Grain 2 26.2 %
4.0 oz Cara-Pils/Dextrine (2.0 SRM) Grain 3 1.6 %
4.0 oz Caramel/Crystal Malt - 40L (40.0 SRM) Grain 4 1.6 %
28.00 g Warrior [15.00 %] - First Wort 60.0 min Hop 5 44.1 IBUs
12.0 oz Corn Sugar (Dextrose) [Boil for 30 min]( Sugar 6 4.9 %
1.00 Items Whirlfloc Tablet (Boil 10.0 mins) Fining 7 -
28.00 g Falconer's Flight [11.00 %] - Boil 10.0 Hop 8 10.7 IBUs
28.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 10.0 min Hop 9 12.6 IBUs
28.00 g Citra [12.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 10 6.4 IBUs
28.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Boil 5.0 min Hop 11 6.9 IBUs
28.00 g Citra 10 minute steep [12.00 %] - Steep/ Hop 12 5.8 IBUs
28.00 g Citra chiller start [12.00 %] - Steep/Wh Hop 13 9.7 IBUs
28.00 g Falconer's Flight 10 minute steep [11.00 Hop 14 5.3 IBUs
28.00 g Falconer's Flight chiller start [11.00 % Hop 15 8.9 IBUs
28.00 g Simcoe 10 minute steep [13.00 %] - Steep Hop 16 6.3 IBUs
28.00 g Simcoe chiller start [13.00 %] - Steep/W Hop 17 10.5 IBUs
1.0 pkg Safale American (DCL/Fermentis #US-05) Yeast 1L starter 18 -
56.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop Days 0-5 Hop 19 0.0 IBUs
28.00 g Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop Days 0-5 Hop 20 0.0 IBUs
28.00 g Falconer's Flight [11.00 %] - Dry Hop Days 0-5 Hop 21 0.0 IBUs
56.00 g Simcoe [13.00 %] - Dry Hop Days 5-10 Hop 22 0.0 IBUs
28.00 g Citra [12.00 %] - Dry Hop Days 5-10 Hop 23 0.0 IBUs
28.00 g Falconer's Flight [11.00 %] - Dry Hop Days 5-10 Hop 24 0.0 IBUs
Mash Schedule: Single Infusion, Medium Body, Batch Sparge
Total Grain Weight: 15 lbs 4.0 oz
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Name Description Step Temperature Step Time
Mash In Add 18.13 qt of water at 163.7 F 152.0 F 60 min
Sparge: Batch sparge with 1 step (drain mash tun, 5.21 gal) of 168.0 F water
Notes:
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I enjoyed this... it was very smooth for such a big beer. That's a ton of hops :rock:
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I should mention this is a clone of Maine Beer Company's DIPA called Dinner. The recipe actually broke down to call for a full pound of dry hops! But I scaled it back to half that.
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Haha, yeah that's an expensive dry hop.
That makes me wonder... where is the point of diminishing returns on dry hopping? You would think at some point the flavour/aroma is going to max out and then you're just losing beer to the hops.
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Exactly. Even half a pound is likely past that point.
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Interesting combination of hops. Looks great. :)
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Interesting combination of hops. Looks great. :)
Tastes great too. :cheers:
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It was the first time I had used Falconer's Flight. Really impressed by the flavor and aroma.
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Did you actually boil for 90 minutes with that much pilsner?
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Did you actually boil for 90 minutes with that much pilsner?
No, it was a 60 minute boil. Did I put 90 minutes somewhere in the recipe? I can't seem to find that written anywhere.
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Did you actually boil for 90 minutes with that much pilsner?
No, it was a 60 minute boil. Did I put 90 minutes somewhere in the recipe? I can't seem to find that written anywhere.
Oh no, I was just curious. Pilsner is usually boiled for 90min, so I just assumed...lol
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Actually I didn't know that. It's only the second time I've used pils.
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I love pilsner malt myself, sucking back a glass of a German pils I made 6 weeks ago. Only reason 90 minutes for pilsner is it drives off DMS which gives you that cooked corn flavor. But I doubt you are gonna notice any of that with that hop bill. It does sound really good, would have liked to try it.
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I only have 5 bottles left. Definitely the fastest I've gone through a batch.
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Haha, yeah that's an expensive dry hop.
That makes me wonder... where is the point of diminishing returns on dry hopping? You would think at some point the flavour/aroma is going to max out and then you're just losing beer to the hops.
I have experimented a lot with dry hopping and finding the point of diminishing returns, generally speaking, the following applies, per 5 gallon batch, using pellet hops:
- 1oz is subtle
- 2-3 oz per dose is usually best bang-for-buck
- 2 * 2oz dose, five days apart is more effective than adding them all at once
- pay close attention to water chemistry, for example Freddy city water needs approx 3Tbsp gypsum in the mash water to really make the hops "pop"
- careful with amarillo and citra: too much of the first gives you a mayonnaise aroma, too much of the second may give you a magic marker aroma
- add a dose of dry hops to the keg, in a muslin bag
- 12oz of fresh (current year's crop) pellet hops, added in doses of 3oz at a time, the first 3 doses free floating, and the last dose in the keg, in a bag --> is at the far end of the point of diminishing return. I have incrementally added more hops, up to 2 pounds in a 5 gallon batch, but aside from giving the beer a green tinge, there was no real noticeable effect.
have a very large dry hop bag, or let them float freely (they will sink after a few days)
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I should mention this is a clone of Maine Beer Company's DIPA called Dinner. The recipe actually broke down to call for a full pound of dry hops! But I scaled it back to half that.
I would like to try and clone their King Titus, I friggin love that Porter!
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I should mention this is a clone of Maine Beer Company's DIPA called Dinner. The recipe actually broke down to call for a full pound of dry hops! But I scaled it back to half that.
I would like to try and clone their King Titus, I friggin love that Porter!
Funny you should mention that, I'm just finishing up a recipe for a clone. I'll definitely put a bottle aside for you when I bottle it.
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Sounds good! I've been tinkering with a recipe myself, I think they are using caramunich in it to give it that caramel nose that I get from it, and lots of chocolate. Only guessing from looking at their website though.
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When I'm fairly certain I'm done with tweaking I'll send you the recipe to see what you think. Definitely the most chocolate I've had I a recipe.
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Be interesting to to compare. I'm wondering how long they age it for before bottling. It's not real boozy for a big beer.